Antediluvian trans woman. Programmed computers once; now I curse smart phones. Like food and drink, select sports, dogs, puzzles. Working on they/them.
@timsquirrell
I think a lot of it ties into the notion of children as blank slates, just waiting to be shaped and molded. Even if you believed that, it ignores the blizzard of cishet messaging to which children are exposed. Suppose a drop of queer is worth gallons of cis.
@Esqueer_
Am I correct in assuming that "sex offenses" include arrests for sex work? That could skew the stats quite a bit. And of course, that has nothing to do with the blatant transphobia on display.
Serious Q: I take a lot of heat for this wig. Admittedly, it’s not great. But the word some use is “ridiculous.” Harsh. Is it fair, or am I being gaslit?
@Esqueer_
In any case, I don't think "you're in enough agony to have suicide ideation, but don't worry! You probably won't do it!" is quite the dunk anti-trans people seem to think it is.
@JG_Writer
Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice. And then the dragons arrived.
@shelbygraces
@DiscussingFilm
Seems like 2 factor authentication could ensure the user is the account owner. Which would be a pain but better than the service restricting access to a home network.
@GBBranstetter
The didn't explore obvious questions like: "if blockers are bad should we start HRT sooner?" or "what are the downsides to going through endogenous puberty?". They should have really profiled an adult who was damaged by their puberty.
Welp, my deeply supportive partner opines that I don’t need beard removal because it won’t change the way I look and I should “rethink this whole thing.” The word “ridiculous “ found its way in somewhere as well. I realize cis people don’t get it, but jeeze. ☹️
@mattnightingale
@LauraPowellEsq
You speak the truth. I am coming out as trans in my late 60s and it .. is .. hard. May sink my 39-year marriage. And I knew in my 40s and 50s. Hell, I knew in my 20s. Just couldn't overcome my internalized transphobia.
@Chican3ry
A trans woman on CSH is, effectively, taking a powerful performance reducing drug. Not sure how competing at the highest possible level is “fair” in any sense.
@Skatebutch
Obviously, detransitioners have undertaken intense questioning of gender and their identities. The unique place at which they arrive should absolutely be honored, loved and respected.
@michellemcfads
Transitioning in my late 60s. In my experience, it will eventually catch up to you and take you to the ground. The sooner you handle it the better.
@SethDillon
Are, are you implying she is not a great athlete? She surely qualifies by any criteria you come up with. But she’s not a machine. A human being humaning. Disappointing, but she’s earned some slack.
@emmy_zje
@Hannah_W1978
Rowling comes across to me as a thoroughly bourgeois, Karenesque, white woman of a certain age whom fate has smiled on and granted enormous wealth and undeserved and outsized influence. I suspect she totally lacks self-awareness of her prejudices.
*sigh* As fully expected, my partner had to get some things off her chest. Harsh things can be said in anger. Freak, mutilation, gross. Guess that ally medal will have to wait.
@acoolerclimate5
@CaelanConrad
Yea, just imagine those white folks in Mississippi seeing black faces in their bathrooms for the first time. Plenty of concerns.
@emmy_zje
Reproductive anatomy are karyotypes are data. Humans analyze them: emphasize some, ignore others — and come up with categories like sex and gender. GCers are right about the objective reality of a particular datum, wrong that there is only one way to categorize them.
@chasestrangio
The piece seems a long-winded way to say she utterly and completely rejects the validity of trans identities. Can’t imagine a trans man reading that without being enraged.
@KaeleyT
Would you say the difference in performance between a casual male tennis player and Martina Navratilova at her peak was as great as that between a cat and a lion?
@maggiej464748
@OccupyDemocrats
"Normal" GOP started dying in the 90s. Gingrich, Clinton's impeachment, FOX news, talk radio were all important. Trump's seizing control of the party has dramatically accelerated the process.
@transscribe
The reluctance to include trans voices reflects the deep-seated prejudice we have a pathology or suffer from diminished capacity in some way. The “responsible adults” are happy to discuss among themselves.
@SisterMaryDande
Banger thread. 👍👍👍My only comment is that being in the closet and coming out is like the difference between being lost and being found. To be the way God made you is to walk in the light.
@MusicReviewer7
@atrupar
I must say the ability of the Fox audience to discard previously held positions and turn 180 degrees on a dime is actually pretty impressive mental gymnastics. Definitely scores a 10.
@dr_jepson
Think carefully? Sweet Jesus, a decision to transition is an agony of the soul. We do nothing but sweat blood over it for years.
Oh, and the non-judgmental part? I am skeptical sir. Quite skeptical.
@teaandrobots
@cleo_thorn
Equally appalling is how endogenous puberty is treated as this harmless, neutral option. Or, love his one, you have to go through puberty to see if you’ll like it. Catch 22.
@LilySimpson1312
Such a bs argument. Whether Pluto is a planet has no bearing on Jupiter’s status. Definitions can be expanded without invalidating the original meaning.
@jack_turban
Amazing to hear all this talk of “fairness” when advantages derived from money (lessons, club memberships, equipment, etc.) are shrugged off.
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*Sigh* Almost 3 years on HRT and this is the unfiltered me. Yes, better hair & glasses, brow shaping, makeup, all that would help. But ultimately my face is as feminine as a cinder block. Not surprising given my age, but still disappointing.
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@stephenwhittle
I think many GCs demand not only sex segregation (using reductive, traditional definitions of sex) but a very high degree of conformity to gender norms as well. They’ll argue the latter but it seems true. Perhaps they rely to a degree on gender conformity to determine sex.
@LGBTglitterati
Ah, a tangled version of “trans is just gay or lesbian gone wrong.” Particularly amusing is the notion that cishet parents would prefer trans to g or l. Bonkers.
@ellle_em
Eloquent thread. I turned 13 in 1966 in a small red state city. Not only did I not know the language, I don’t think it existed at all anywhere. I had transsexual/transvestite/homosexual and any number of slurs. The world has come a long way.
@jamisonfoser
@jlms_qkw
More than human rights, this is the issue driving conservatives — the ability got the rich and powerful to do what they want without government interference.
@ErinInTheMorn
Given the red flags around Cass (DeSantis, social media activity, etc.) I think you could liken the report in terms of bias to something the NRA might produce about gun control.
@Bronwen85
Trans men blow up several TERF arguments:
1.We can always tell
2.We don't care about gender expression, just physical sex
Oh, they care. They care a lot.
@AidanCTweets
Clearly all choices must be made with post-apocalyptic hunter-gatherer societies in mind. Toss that phone my friend. The trinkets will be for naught in the dark days ahead.
@alien4hire
@sheologian
Lol. Crediting men with keeping society together? That's laughable. It's almost a cliche that women have much stronger social networks.
@AlyAlyOutnFree
Good morning all. Randie, 68, hailing from Research Triangle in NC. Navigating a (very) late transition. Proof positive Goddess has a sense of humor. 😉
And so the journey begins. A cut to lay the base for growing my hair out. Very nice trip to the salon. Got compliments on my boots and met the co-owner who does wig styling. Very nice morning.
@crwarmuth44
@Wynsickle
@kennedytcooper
Well, it’s a big world. May be isolated incidents of inappropriate behavior in those settings, just as there are with priests, youth ministers, etc.. Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater.
@emrazz
@insignificuntxX
Not necessarily even involving hatred. You can like someone and still regard them as lesser or not respect them. Same is true for all the isms really.
@LilySimpson1312
I checked out the original poster's timeline. It's a real mess. Sometimes claims to be trans, sometimes claims to be c1s. Mentions 4chan. Has trolling writ large.
@SethDillon
Well, telling people what they can and can’t do with their bodies is kind of an intrusion. You can bet your ass conservatives are itching to ok job/housing discrimination as well. For starters.
@AriDrennen
It is amazing to me how insignificant things like makeup and clothes seem after being on HRT for a while. Don’t get me wrong. I like to lean into the femme thing, but it seems much less necessary
@lauralwen
Started a couple of years ago at 65. Still struggling with it, primarily because of its possibly fatal impact on my marriage. But it is absolutely the right road for me, fugly and non-passing through I may be. Not doing so feels like dying without ever having fully lived.
@testosteronejew
Hugs my friend. Surgery seems to be a red line for many cis. You’re going somewhere they can’t or won’t follow. Good luck as you keep moving forward.